Weather in the Tries: Changeable!
Hey There! Some Good News!!! Yes, I, your old Auntie Lenora, am giving your eyes a rest for a couple of weeks. There won’t be a Coffee Break Escape until Memorial Day! Yes, I am taking the Brave Dog and going over to the Dark Side of the Mountains (Puget Sound area where it rains all the time) for two weeks.
A gal friend is going to visit children and wants someone to house sit, and to be company to her husband, my good friend and mentor, while she’s gone. Her husband is living with a debilitating ailment, and company is somewhat more than a nicety.
Since her husband is one of my two poetry mentors, he and I are planning on some good times. I’m taking some projects to work on, and plan to pick his brain as much as possible.
You may remember that last week I was lamenting not seeing any little lings about and wondering what might have grabbed them. The other day, sitting on the ‘dam’ between our pond and the main pond, was a fairly good-sized hawk. Little lings would just be a snack. And then, while walking the Brave Dog, I saw the geeselings and the ducklings over at the main pond of our sister complex. So here are some updated photos of the geeslings. Couldn’t get the ducklings, but they are still there. The two mama geese are still herding their combined six children.
I’m guessing that the tenants, and or the yard people are shaking the eggs when found to keep the population down. We were overrun with ducks in the condo in ABQ and the yard crew would shake the eggs every time they found a nest, then put it back where they found it. No babies.
Dan and I are getting along great. I have to admit, it’s kinda nice to have a friend around. Especially one with a sense of humor 😉
Photos of the week:
Netflix: Really enjoying Tomorrow. Usually there is a lot of humor, but S1 E6 had me in tears most of the time. Some for sad, some for happy, but oh, wow! Totally fantastic. Not one I can binge on, I need some time between episodes.
Earworm of the Week: Ever heard Heilung? As I understand it they are doing their version of what they think the old Norse Viking musing may have sounded like, and using recreations of their musical instruments when possible. I don’t understand a word of it but love the percussion. And the costumes! Not for everyone, but I like it. They’re coming to Seattle 20 September. If you go, tell me all about it. Heilung | LIFA- Hamrer Hippyer Their clothes are pretty interesting, too.
Quotes of the week from This Life of Travel.com
“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.”
“Not all those who wander are lost” J.R.R. Tolkien
“Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer”
Sammy isn’t real for sure positive he wants to go on a road trip. But the option to stay home isn’t there. Oh, Dan would take him, but he was specifically invited, and he needs to know he can go someplace with his human, AND THAT HIS HUMAN WILL BRING HIM BACK! So we survived another week, made lots of plans, and Sammy says he will miss you all for the time we’re gone, and hopes that the pupkisses he sends will remind you that he’s thinking of you. Oh. Wait. SQUIRREL !!!!!!